“If you had an opportunity to prevent cancer now, take it,” Young said.

He said the best way to aid in prevention is to get children vaccinated at an early age.

“I think it’s important to look at these vaccines as cancer-preventative vaccines," Young said. "We have a vaccine that has the ability to prevent certain multiple types of cancer in both men and women."

The CDC website said people can get HPV by having vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has the virus.

HPV can be passed even when an infected person has no signs or symptoms.

Young said when people do develop cancerous tumors in the throat, they no longer have to do a lengthy procedure to remove these cancerous tumors.

“Their jaw would actually have to be split and divided to be moved out of the way to gain access back to the area,” Young said.

For those who are operable, the da Vinci Surgical System allows surgeons to perform operations through a few small incisions. The robotic instruments bend and rotate far greater than a human hand, enabling surgeons to reach those tight spots.